Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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